A MAN is due to appear before magistrates today (Wednesday, January 17) charged with multiple counts of shoplifting.

Liam Allen, 34, of no fixed address, is scheduled to appear at Yeovil Magistrates’ Court charged with nine counts of theft from a shop.

He also faces one charge of assault by beating.

The shoplifting charges relate to nine separate incidents in the Yeovil area between December 4 and January 12 in which alcohol, candles and health and beauty products were stolen.

The assault by beating charge relates to an incident at a shop in Yeovil on December 5 in which a security guard was pushed.